Selective immunisation strategy to protect newborns at risk for transmission of hepatitis B: Retrospective audit of vaccine uptake

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 137, Issue 37-38, 2007, Pages 531-535

  Rhiner, Janine ^a   Pfister, Roger ^a   Tschopp, Yasmine Nassehi ^a   Bucher, Hans Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antenatal screening; Compliance; Hepatitis B; Newborn vaccination; Selective immunisation

Indexed keywords

HEPATITIS B VACCINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS B; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEWBORN CARE; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 35348984595     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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